To receive (replace) identification card, citizen shall be photographed in the Police Authority. To ensure the identification of person in the database for individual information, when receiving identification card, citizen shall give fingerprints of index fingers of left and right hands. Where giving the index finger prints of right and left hands is physiologically impossible, the fingerprints of any finger of right and left hands shall be taken.

Identification card shall be issued (replaced) on the 15th day following the day of submission of application or in a shorter period of time at option of citizen for a charged fee. The amount of charged fee and the time period of issuing (replacing) identification card shall be defined by Decree of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Person given up the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia shall hand over the identification card in the Republic of Armenia to the Police of the Republic of Armenia, and in foreign countries to the Diplomatic Mission or Consular Post. At option of person, the old identification card shall be returned after being punched.

If the list of the submitted documents enclosed in the application is not complete or, if citizen is not registered in the State Register of Population, the application shall be accepted, and the applicant shall be proposed to complete the list within 5-day period and (or) be registered in the State Register of Population.

To receive an identification card, citizen shall submit:

• Application;
• Passport or birth certificate;
• Other identification documents as provided for under Decree of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, provided the submission of the documents stated is infeasible;
• Military service registration certificate or military service record card or a certificate verifying the fact of military registration (conscripts);
• Appropriate medical document where prescribing, in identification card, the data on blood group and rhesus for the first time, at option of citizen or his/her representative in cases provided for under the Law;
• State duty payment receipt.

Police of the Republic of Armenia

Address: 130 Nalbandyan St., Yerevan, 0025.

Fax: +37410-54-73-14

E-mail: press@police.am

HOTLINE

http://www.police.am/en

Provincial departments and divisions of the Police of the Republic of Armenia

• Citizen shall receive identification card on a voluntary basis from the date of becoming 16.
• Citizen shall file an application on issue of identification card to the Police Authority.
• Capable citizen shall submit the application on issue of identification card in person.
• The citizen recognized as incapable shall be issued identification card on the basis of the application filed by the guardian. Citizen recognized as limited capable shall be issued identification card on the basis of own application. Citizen recognized as limited capable shall be issued identification card within a shorter time period.
• The disabled of the first degree shall be eligible for issue of identification card on the basis of application filed by representatives. In this case, the disability certificate or the notarized copy of the certificate shall be attached to the application.

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Identification card shall be issued for the term of validity of 10 years.

Application for obtaining of identification card

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The Law of the Republic of Identification Card

Identification card shall be issued (replaced) on the 15th day following the day of submission of application or in a shorter period of time at option of citizen for a charged fee.

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Beginning June 1, 2012 citizens of Armenia can obtain identification cards as documents certifying their identity and nationality within the territory of the republic.

The process is voluntary and it will be up to citizens to decide whether they want to switch to new IDs and passports or not.

ID card will contain electronic database established by the law, special cryptographic keys, digital signature and ID certificate.

The following individual data of citizen shall be prescribed in identification card, in Armenian and English languages:

• Surname, name, as well as the patronymic only in the Armenian version;
• Place, day, month and year of birth;
• Sex;
• Citizenship;
• Nationality at option of citizen or his/her representative in cases provided for under this Law;
• Place of residence (only the county shall be stated).

Identification Card document certifying the identity of the citizen of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter, citizen) and the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, which is issued for use in the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Electronic data storage part of the technical structure of identification card, which incorporates citizens data provided for under this Law, individual cryptographic key ensuring the data security and the certificate for the electronic digital signature.

Identification card shall be replaced, when the following bases are available:

• Citizen has changed the data relating to him/her that is available in the state register of population, which, by virtue of this Law, shall be subject to prescription in the identification card (except for the address of the place of permanent residence (domicile);
• The term of validity has been expired;
• Inaccurate data are available in identification card;
• Citizen has expressed such wish.

The identification card contains an electronic database, individual cryptographic keys, electronic digital signature and certificates for identity.

In the electronic data storage, address of the permanent place of residence (domicile) available in the State Register of Population can be indicated, only in Armenian language. Identification card shall also specify the series of public services, citizens photo, citizens signature, as well as the blood group and rhesus (at option of citizen or his/her representative in cases provided for under this Law). Identification card shall incorporate the code of the police subdivision that has issued it, as well as the date of issue and the term of validity of identification card, and the number of identification card.

http://armenianow.com/society/38121/armenia_passport_ids_biometric_data

http://www.ekeng.am/?page_id=62

https://www.e-gov.am/en/

http://www.police.am/en

Identification card is the property of the Republic of Armenia. In the Republic of Armenia, lost and found identification cards shall be subject to handing over to the Police of the Republic of Armenia, and in a foreign country to the Diplomatic Mission or the Consular Post of the Republic of Armenia.